Characteristics of US Healthcare System
The determining factor for one's access to health care
What is insurance coverage?
Where Unequal Access is prevalent
What is the U.S.
What is Physical, Socio-economic, Socio-political, and Socio-cultural?
______ is the ability of an individual to obtain health care when needed
What is access?
Therapeutic interventions, individual interventions, and goals, are all factors that define this strategy
What is health care interventions?
The cause that forces people to discontinue prescribed treatments
What is High Cost of Medication?
Legal Risks Influences Provider Behaviors
What is the U.S.
Behavior and Lifestyle
What is Heart disease, Diabetes, Stroke, STDs, and Cancer?
The percent of whom are not able to access medical assistance once their issue becomes known
What is 42%?
Analyzing underlying factors that influence outcomes, rather than the immediate symptoms
What is focusing on determinants?
Accounts for 55% of total U.S healthcare expenditures
What is Private Financing?
Provides basic universal coverage, but citizen still purchases additional health insurance through employer
What is Canada?
Access to _______ is also a key factor influencing health
What is Medical Care?
A type of payment where the provider is paid a set fee per enrollee
What is capitation?
Promoting health populations and focusing on prevention first
What is public health?
Accounts for 45% of total U.S. Healthcare Expenditures
What is Government Financing?
Most medical offices are privately owned and operated
What is Canada?
The determinant which can classify someone as depressed, anxious, and bipolar
Mental Health
A determinant of health related to genetics
What is heredity?
Described as the factors related to healthcare access and quality, and the effectiveness in shaping health outcomes
What is medical care determinants of health?
A characteristic of the U.S. healthcare system that points out how limited access is
What is Access to Healthcare Services Selectively Based on Insurance Coverage
18% of survey respondents stated they skipped medication doses due to cost
Determinant that relates to diet, well-being, physical activity, and physical health
What is Weight and Obesity?
What is the Market Justice System?
Described as a national health promotion and disease prevention effort
What is healthy people initiative?